Nicola+Henry

 =Google SketchUp =


 || TASC Wheel

What do I know about this? What do I know about the topic? Have I encountered anything like this before? What questions can I ask to help me understand is required? What skills and knowledge will I be using? When we started the Google SketchUp project I didn’t know how to use the programme, but I did know that I had to create a performing arts centre that had an auditorium, music, dance and drama classrooms. I have been backstage at the Bruce Mason Centre and I have seen the kind of things that I need to include in my auditorium. No I have not done anything like this before so this was a totally new thing for me. How big is the area that we can use? Are we allowed to demolish any buildings, if so what buildings can we demolish? How many seats do we need to have in the auditorium? I will be using my knowledge of the tools on SketchUp and my knowledge of being able to design buildings. 

What is the task? What am I trying to do? What are my goals? What do I need in order to do this? Explain the task in your own words Investigate some examples. What are the obstacles? Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? How will I know that I have completed the task? The task is to make a performing arts centre on Google SketchUp with music, dance and drama classrooms and an auditorium. I am trying to make a performing arts centre and get it handed in on time. I would like to stay on track and not get too distracted and if I get stuck I would like to try and figure it out for myself before I ask someone. I need to be focused and do some of the work for homework if I don’t get what I want done in class. The task is to create a new performing arts centre for Dio and to include an auditorium, music dance and drama classes, staff rooms and a student room. I have looked at photos of the Christchurch town hall Performing arts centre, Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre, Takapuna Grammar School and a few more. I think an obstacle is the amount of time and how we had to stop in the middle of the project to start the robots. I also think that keeping on task is an obstacle. I can draw a plan that will help me when I am making my building on SketchUp. I will know when I have completed the project by asking Mrs Yeo and my friends if I can add anything and if there is nothing I can do to make it better I will know that I am finished. 

How many ideas can I think of? Limit ideas to two or three. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Is there another way to do this? What resources (books, websites, etc) have I been provided with? What do other people think about this? I have three ideas of the shape of the building and heaps more of how I can arrange the classrooms. I have ruled out one option of the building shape and I have a plan of where the classrooms work best with the shape of the building. The advantage of building 2 is that it is bigger so I have room for more classes and I don’t have to put as many levels on. I can look at the buildings and see which one would fit the criteria and I could also ask people about which one would be best. We have been given a list of links to look at which show us other performing arts centres and Mr Gordon came in and talked to us about what we needed to include in our building. 

Which is the best idea? Explain your reasons for the decision. What the arguments for and against each idea? Which idea is the best one for completing the task? What is my plan? I decided on the bigger building because it was easier to fit an auditorium in and it was easier to fit in all the classes. I think this idea is the best one for completing the task because I won’t have as much work to do compared to the other idea. My plan is complete a section of the building each lesson so that I am not rushing at the end. 

Let's do it! Am I making progress through the plan? Am I doing this correctly? Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. Yes I am but I have had a few problems which has put me behind at bit. I think I am doing it correctly and I have had to change some things on my plan so they will fit into the building. 

How well did I do? Did I complete the task as set originally set out? Did I solve the problem? What have I done? What have I done really well? Could I have done it better? What areas need improvement? Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Yes I have completed the task and I have solved the problems that I have had. I have successfully completed my performing arts centre and I think it looks good. I think after I got the hang of SketchUp I could use it a lot better which made it easier for me to get it done. I could have managed my time a little better because I found that I had quite a bit of work to do over the holidays. I am ready to show my ideas to the class and Mrs Yeo. 

Let's tell someone! Who can I tell? Who is my audience? What is the best way to present this to my audience? What should I say to ensure my audience understands? How do I interest my audience in my ideas? Do I have the right information to get my message across to my audience? My audience is my DLL class and Mrs Yeo. The best way to present it is in a power point because I can show the key points of the design. I should tell my audience a bit about the room and whet it might look like. I think I have the right info to get my message across to my audience. 

What have I learned? How would I do this again? What would I change to improve my performance? How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? What knowledge have I learned? Can this knowledge be used elsewhere? How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? What skills have I learned and developed? Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? What problems did I have to solve? How did I use the strengths of others to help me? I have learned how to use Google SketchUp and how to design a building. I would improve the shape of my building and make sure that everything fitted inside it properly. I have never worked on a task like this so I hope I improve next time. I have learned how to fit things into buildings and how to solve problems that pop up when you are doing these projects. Yes it can be used in other projects. I have developed my designing skills and learned how to design on a computer. I think these skill can be applied to any subject that you have to have concepts for. I had to solve problems with fitting classes in and the SketchUp not working. I asked people for help when I didn’t understand how to do something and used their advice when I was designing.

VoiceThread/Google Earth Project [|Lauren & Nicki's Places.kmz]   **__Reflections __**  How difficult/easy it was – whether you ran into difficulties and problem solved, needed assistance? <span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I found it quite challenging because we didn’t fully understand what to do until it was almost due in. Once we knew what we were doing it went quite well, apart from the challenge of my laptop not getting internet. We also had a problem with Voicethread – when we embedded one of the videos onto Google Earth it brought our previous video with it. We managed to sort it out then and everything was fine. What made you chose the places and were there any issues regarding the choices? We chose some of our places because they are places we have been to and enjoyed. The rest of them we chose <span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">because we had heard of them and were struggling to find other places that weren’t already taken by other people. One issue we had was that another group was doing the same place as us but it turned out that they hadn’t written it on the list at the beginning so we got to keep doing it.

<span style="color: #9111df; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> How well did you work with your partner? <span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> We worked very well together, respecting each other and their ideas and we are friends which usually helps. Our ideas weren’t too dissimilar and we generally liked each others ideas

Did you pull your weight in the project or was it one sided? <span style="color: #9111df; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> Yes I did because we shared the work equally, both in class and at home. When it was almost due and we weren’t finished we decided to meet together to finish it, instead of making one person do all the work. <span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%;">What were the good/bad things about this project ? <span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The bad things were that we wasted a bit of time because we didn’t know what to do. We also had a few laptop problems but those were sorted out. The good things were that we learnt about Google Earth, Voicethread and other programs and things on our laptops. We had fun together and managed to finish it in time (we weren’t sure we’d do this!)

Overall we enjoyed the project and learnt about different programs on our laptops.

sorry about some of the text being big and small. My laptop was being kind of stupid!!<span style="color: #9111df; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">

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